Suddenly the stock market is ok. (the future of securities trading in the People’s Republic of China)

SUDDENLY THE STOCK MARKET IS OK

SUDDENLY THE STOCK MARKET IS OK

The official text published by the normally staid official New China News Agency read liek a broker’s blurb. Yanzhong Photocopy Company’s subsidiary went public in 1985 amid scenes of wild enthusiasm in Shanghai. Within seven hours of its shares being issued, 60% had been snapped up. The flotation was spectacularly successful, raising RMB5 million for new equipment and industrial premises.

But the best news came this year: with gross profits for 1985 of just under RMB1 billion, a 15% dividend had been declared.

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